1. Healthy Emotions

4. Emotions The strong, immediate reactions that you feel in response to an experience. There are emotions in everything you do!

5. I.Emotions are powerful –C–Can make you sick –C–Can affect sleep –C–Can affect eating –C–Can help you heal

6. II.The Five Major Emotions 1.Love: Strong affection or deep concern for another person

7. 2.Anger: A strong feeling of displeasure

8. 3.Fear: A scared feeling

9. 4.Grief: A deep sorrow that is caused by the loss of someone or something that you cannot get back.

10. The Five Stages of Grief A.Denial: Rejects the truth B.Anger: Person feels anger C.Bargaining: Makes promises in attempt to postpone outcome

11. The Five Stages of Grief D.Depression: Hopelessness and sorrow E.Acceptance: Accepts outcome

12. II.The Five Major Emotions 5.Guilt: A feeling of having done something wrong.

13. III.Defense Mechanisms 1.Denial – Refusal to accept reality

14. 2.Rationalization Justifying behavior

15. 3.Repression Blocking out unpleasant thoughts

16. 4.Displacement Having bad feelings toward someone not related to the cause of the problem

17. 5.Projection Blaming someone else for your problem